Stock-watering device



(No Model.)

J. SEILER. :swocx WATBRING DEVICE.

Patented Apr. 27, 1897.

WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS.

NlTlE Sra'rns JOSEPH SEILER, OF MAPLE RIVER J UN OTION, IOYVA.

STOCK-WATERING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 581 ,623, dated April2'7, 1897.

Application filed J l 21, 1896.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH SEILER, of Maple River Junction, in thecounty of Carroll and State of Iowa, have invented a new and ImprovedStockatering Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of the invention is to provide a stock-watering deviceadapted for attachment to a tank, a barrel, or other source ofliquidsupply, the device being furthermore adapted to be used inconnection with a reservoir or storage-receptacle for liquid, and awatering trough, tank, or the like, in which, when the water has reacheda predetermined level, the liquid from, the supply-tank will be cut off,and whereby, further, when the liquid in the watering-tank, or tank fromwhich the stock is to drink, or liquid to be taken is exhausted, so thatits level will be lowered beyond a predetermined point, the device willbe au tomatically acted upon in such a manner as to supply thedeficiency of liquid to the said watering-tank.

A further object of the invention is to provide a stock-watering deviceof the character above described which may be attached to a hydrantinstead of to a tank or a barrel, if so desired.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the device, a supply-tank, and thereceiving or watering tank or trough, a portion of the latter beingbroken away; and Fig. 2 is avertical section through the stock-wateringdevice in its entirety.

In carrying out the invention the body A of the device is made in thenature of a T- fitting, comprising a vertical tubular member and ahorizontal tubular member 11, and where the two parts of the bodyportion of the device connect interior lugs 12 are formed, adapted toprevent a strainer 13, usually of conical construction and located inthe horizontal member 11, from passing Serial No. 600,016. (No model.)

into the vertical member, and the apex of the conical strainer is madeto face the receiving end of the horizontal member of the aforesaiddevice.

The receiving end of the horizontal member of the body of the device isprovided with an interior thread 14, which is adapted to receive thereduced forward end of a hollow plug 15, and the said plug is madetapering from a point near its center in direction of its rear end, andthe rear end portion of the plug is provided with an exterior screw 16of wood, or a screw of a like type, whereby the plug may be made toconveniently enter a cask E, a tank, or the equivalent thereof, adaptedto contain the liquid which is to be supplied to a feed-trough B, inconnection with which the device is also employed.

The upper end of the vertical member of the T-body of the device isprovided with a removable screw-plug 17, and at the bottom of itsvertical member a nozzle 18 is screwed or otherwise secured, and thesaid nozzle is preferably made tapering and enters the trough B apredetermined distance, or sufficiently so to prevent the wind fromdriving the liquid out from the trough while being delivered therein.The nozzle 18 hasatop 19, in which an opening 20 is made, and thisopening 20 in the nozzle is adapted to be normally closed by a valve 21,preferably of the disk character, the valve being located within thevertical member of the aforesaid T-body A.

A trip-rod 22 is secured to this valve, and v the rod extends downwardthrough the opening 20 in the top of the nozzle and out through the bodyof the same, terminating at its lower end in an adjustable foot 23. Thisfoot is adapted to rest normally against a float 24, which is contractedat that end engaging with the foot and at its wider portion is pivotedin the trough B through the medium of a rod 25, the major portion of thefloat being forward of the pivot, as shown in both of the views. lVhen asufficient quantity of liquid is contained in the trough B, the forwardor larger end of the float will have been raised, and the float willoccupy the horizontal position shown in Fig. l, and the valve 21 willthen drop by gravity, so as to cover the opening in the top of thenozzle and shut 01f the supply of liquid from the trough. That end 21proportionately, so that the liquid from the source of supply with whichthe device is connected will flow into the trough to establish thedesired level. The strainer 13 effectually prevents any extraneousmatter from enterin g the trough.

When it is desired to attach the device to a hydrant O, for example, asshown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the nozzle of the hydrant may beattached to the top of the vertical member of the body of the device,the plug 17 beingremoved and the outer end of the horizontal memberbeing closed by the said plug or its equivalent; or the plug 17 may bepermitted to remain in place, and the nozzle, if its shape necessitates,may be connected with the body of the device at the horizontal member 11thereof, the supply-nozzle 15 having been removed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a watering device, the combination, with asubstantially T-shaped body, its vertical member being provided With aplug, an inlet-nozzle connected with the horizontal member of the body,and an outlet-nozzle connected with the vertical member of the body, theoutlet-nozzle having an apertured top, of a valve adapted to close theaperture in the top and having movement in the vertical member of theaforesaid body, a triprod connected with the valve, extending outwardthrough and beyond the outlet end of the outlet-nozzle,and a floatengaging with the outer end of the said trip-rod, regulating the actionof the aforesaid valve, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a stock-watering device, or a device of like character, thecombination, with a substantially'T-shaped body provided with aremovable plug at one end of its vertical member, and an inlet-nozzleconnected with the outer end of its horizontal member, of anoutlet-nozzle having tapering form and a closed top provided with anoutlet-aperture, the said outlet-nozzle being located in the end of thevertical member of the body opposite the plug, a valve adapted tonormally close the outlet-aperture in the aforesaid outlet-nozzle, astem attached to the said valve and extending outward beyond the lowerend of the outlet-nozzle, terminating in a foot, a receptacle over whichthe device is located, and a pivoted float located in the saidreceptacle, one end whereof is in engagement with the foot of theaforesaid valve, as and for the purpose specified.

JOSEPH SEILER. WVitnesses:

J. E. GRIFFITH, O. HENDERSON.

